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== 1911 - 1917 == | == 1911 - 1917 == | ||
Local entertainment magnate Frank Stuart, who also owned Oxford's first cinema, the Electric Theatre on Castle Street and the East Oxford Theatre (now known as the [[Old Music Hall | Local entertainment magnate Frank Stuart, who also owned Oxford's first cinema, the Electric Theatre on Castle Street and the East Oxford Theatre (now known as the [[106|Old Music Hall]]). In addition he was the licensee of the Elm Tree pub and the cinema was built in the stable yard of that pub to a design by architect John Wilkins. The cinema opened its doors on 24 February 1911 with a (invitation-only) showing of the 1910 film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372159/ The Bad Man and the Preacher], starring Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson and John B. O'Brien <ref>http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/blogs/8929309.display/</ref>. | ||
== Before then? == | == Before then? == | ||